Thread by @bctallis

Paying this national security premium is actually an investment in our future: it gives us the chance to make our democracies what we claim them to be - and thus to reactivate our soft & transformative power.
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No longer relying on the cheap shortcuts of (dependencies on) market & fossil fuel on authoritarian regimes should be the spur to transform our own societies to deliver a better future, to revive the hope of progress & share its benefits more fairly.

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We can seize this opportunity to change in ways that we have long known we need to: technologically, economically, socially & politically. So while there would be costs for standing firm, standing up for #Ukraine & standing up to #Russia, they are really investments.
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#Ukraine has given us the wake up call we needed - reminded us of what is worth fighting for & why we need to do so when democracy, self-determination, freedom & human rights are threatened.
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By standing strong we have the chance to do well by doing good & both realise & demonstrate the competitive advantage of democracies.

That’s why, though @jnpowell1 makes good points & asks a lot of the right questions, I disagree with his answers on #Ukraine & negotiations
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Instead, We must back 🇺🇦to victory, deter Russia & revive the democratic world.
As I also argue here #NeoIdealism

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